1964 Cleveland Browns (NFL) |
| 1st place Eastern Conference 10-3-1 .769 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: Blanton Collier |
| Howard Brinker | Defense |
| Fritz Heisler | Offensive Line |
| Dub Jones | Offensive Backs/Ends |
| Nick Skorich | Defensive Line |
| Eddie Ulinski | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/9/1964 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 7-26 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 27404 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1964 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 56-31 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43183 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1964 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 42-7 | W | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 27255 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1964 | A | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 36946 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | H | Green Bay Packers | 20-17 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83736 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1964 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-13 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 47577 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 33-33 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76954 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-20 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 27-6 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 72062 | |
| Sat | 10/10/1964 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-23 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 80530 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | A | Dallas Cowboys | 20-16 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 37456 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | H | New York Giants | 42-20 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 81050 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-17 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 49568 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | H | Washington Redskins | 34-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 76385 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | H | Detroit Lions | 37-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83064 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1964 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-28 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 48055 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1964 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-24 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79289 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1964 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 19-28 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Stadium | 31585 | |
| Sat | 12/12/1964 | A | New York Giants | 52-20 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 63007 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/27/1964 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 79544 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 49 | Walter Beach | RCB | 6-0 | 184 | 29 | Central Michigan | 14 | 13 |
| 23 | Larry Benz | LS | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Northwestern | 13 | 12 |
| 64 | Ed Bettridge | LB | 6-1 | 235 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 3 | 0 |
| 83 | Johnny Brewer | TE | 6-4 | 233 | 27 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 32 | Jim Brown | FB | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 70 | John Brown | ROT | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Syracuse | 11 | 7 |
| 72 | Mike Bundra | RDT | 6-3 | 258 | 25 | Bakersfield CC; Southern California | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Lowell Caylor | LS | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 13 | 2 |
| 73 | Monte Clark | ROT-C | 6-6 | 260 | 27 | Southern California | 14 | 6 |
| 86 | Gary Collins | FL-P | 6-4 | 211 | 24 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Vince Costello | MLB | 6-0 | 228 | 32 | Ohio University | 14 | 13 |
| 20 | Ross Fichtner | RS | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Purdue | 8 | 4 |
| 35 | Galen Fiss | RLB | 6-0 | 226 | 33 | Kansas | 13? | 12 |
| 24 | Bobby Franklin | RS | 5-11 | 182 | 28 | Mississippi | 14 | 9 |
| 79 | Bob Gain | RDT-LDT | 6-3 | 256 | 35 | Kentucky | 4 | 0 |
| 80 | Bill Glass | RDE | 6-5 | 252 | 29 | Baylor | 14 | 14 |
| 48 | Ernie Green | HB | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| 76 | Lou Groza | K | 6-3 | 240 | 40 | Ohio State | 14 | 0 |
| 66 | Gene Hickerson | ROG | 6-3 | 248 | 29 | Mississippi | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Jim Houston | LLB | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Tom Hutchinson | SE-TE | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Kentucky | 14 | 0 |
| 69 | Jim Kanicki | RDT | 6-4 | 270 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| 44 | Leroy Kelly | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 22 | Morgan State | 14 | 0 |
| 52 | Mike Lucci | MLB | 6-2 | 233 | 25 | Pittsburgh; Tennessee | 14 | 1 |
| 82 | Clifton McNeil | FL | 6-2 | 186 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| 62 | Dale Memmelaar | LOG | 6-2 | 247 | 27 | Wyoming | 14 | 0 |
| 74 | Dick Modzelewski | LDT | 6-0 | 258 | 33 | Maryland | 14 | 13 |
| 56 | John Morrow | C | 6-3 | 244 | 31 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| 11 | Jim Ninowski | QB | 6-1 | 206 | 28 | Michigan State | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | Frank Parker | LDT | 6-5 | 263 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 8 | 1 |
| 30 | Bernie Parrish | LCB | 5-11 | 194 | 28 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| 26 | Dave Raimey | S | 5-10 | 190 | 24 | Michigan | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Walt Roberts | SE-FL | 5-10 | 167 | 22 | San Jose State | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | Frank Ryan | QB | 6-3 | 199 | 28 | Rice | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Charley Scales | FB-RS | 5-11 | 214 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 1 |
| 77 | Dick Schafrath | LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 38 | Stan Sczurek | RLB | 5-11 | 229 | 27 | Purdue | 14 | 2 |
| 75 | Roger Shoals | ROG-OT | 6-4 | 256 | 26 | Maryland | 14 | 0 |
| 42 | Paul Warfield | SE | 6-0 | 188 | 22 | Ohio State | 14 | 14 |
| 84 | Paul Wiggin | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 30 | Modesto JC; Stanford | 14 | 14 |
| 67 | Sid Williams | LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 22 | Southern University | 14 | 0 |
| 60 | John Wooten | LOG | 6-2 | 250 | 28 | Colorado | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Paul Warfield | HB | Ohio State |
| 2 | 26 | Billy Truax | DE | Louisiana State |
| 4 | 54 | Don Shackelford | T | Pacific |
| 5 | 67 | Dick Klein | T | Wichita State |
| 7 | 95 | Sammy Odom | LB | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 8 | 110 | Leroy Kelly | HB | Morgan State |
| 9 | 123 | John Briscoe | LB | Arizona |
| 10 | 135 | Bobby Robinson | G | Mississippi |
| 10 | 138 | Dick Van Raaphorst | K | Ohio State |
| 11 | 151 | Eddie Versprille | FB | Alabama |
| 12 | 166 | Ed Mitchell | T | Southern University |
| 13 | 179 | Bob Meehan | G | Syracuse |
| 14 | 194 | Terry Sieg | HB | Virginia |
| 15 | 207 | John Houtman | T | Michigan |
| 16 | 222 | Sid Williams | E | Southern University |
| 17 | 235 | Larry Bartolameolli | T | Western Michigan |
| 18 | 250 | Sherman Lewis | HB | Michigan State |
| 19 | 263 | Jim Higgins | G | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 20 | 278 | Dave Archer | T | Syracuse |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 123 | 107 | 124 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 85 | 69 | 82 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 255 | 119 | 118 | 18 | / % | / % | 60 | 611 | |
| Opponents Totals | 275 | 119 | 137 | 19 | / % | / % | 64 | 643 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 0 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0 | 115 |
| Ernie Green | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Jim Brown | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Paul Warfield | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Gary Collins | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Johnny Brewer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Walter Beach | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jim Houston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Leroy Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Clifton McNeil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bernie Parrish | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Frank Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Roger Shoals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul Wiggin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sid Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 50 | 49 | 50 | 98.0 | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0 | 415 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 32 | 36 | 88.9 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 0 | 293 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Groza | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0 | 47 | 5/5 | 4/5 | 12/13 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 33 | 66.7 | 0 | 47 | 5/5 | 4/4 | 12/13 | 1/8 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 4/ | 4/ | 4/ | 2/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Brown | 280 | 1446 | 5.2 | 71 | 7 |
| Ernie Green | 109 | 491 | 4.5 | 37t | 6 |
| Frank Ryan | 37 | 217 | 5.9 | 19 | 1 |
| Leroy Kelly | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Charlie Scales | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 435 | 2163 | 5.0 | 71 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 465 | 2012 | 4.3 | 45t | 18 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ryan | 334 | 174 | 174 | 141 | 2404 | 7.2 | 13.8 | 62t | 25 | 7.5 | 19 | 5.7 | 27 | 207 | 2197 | 76.7 |
| Jim Ninowski | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 125 | 13.9 | 20.8 | 41 | 2 | 22.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 12 | 113 | 149.3 |
| Jim Brown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 158.3 |
| Team Totals | 344 | 181 | 181 | 144 | 2542 | 7.4 | 14.0 | 62t | 28 | 8.1 | 19 | 5.5 | 28 | 219 | 2323 | 80.8 |
| Opponents Totals | 401 | 230 | 230 | 152 | 2932 | 7.3 | 12.7 | 92t | 18 | 4.5 | 19 | 4.7 | 28 | 222 | 2710 | 75.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Warfield | 52 | 920 | 17.7 | 62t | 9 |
| Jim Brown | 36 | 340 | 9.4 | 40t | 2 |
| Gary Collins | 35 | 544 | 15.5 | 43 | 8 |
| Johnny Brewer | 25 | 338 | 13.5 | 41 | 3 |
| Ernie Green | 25 | 283 | 11.3 | 32 | 4 |
| Clifton McNeil | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 28 | 1 |
| Tom Hutchinson | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 181 | 2542 | 14.0 | 62t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 230 | 2932 | 12.7 | 92t | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Parrish | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 54t | 1 |
| Walter Beach | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 65t | 1 |
| Larry Benz | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 45 | 0 |
| Jim Houston | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Ross Fichtner | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 64 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 444 | 23.4 | 65t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 154 | 8.1 | 27 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Collins | 48 | 2016 | 42.0 | 58 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Team Totals | 49 | 2052 | 41.9 | 58 | 0 | 5 | 183 | 1769 | 36.1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 57 | 2265 | 39.7 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 303 | 1862 | 33.3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Roberts | 10 | 6 | 132 | 13.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Leroy Kelly | 9 | 7 | 171 | 19.0 | 68t | 1 |
| Sid Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 13 | 303 | 15.2 | 68t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 8 | 183 | 9.2 | 53 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Roberts | 24 | 661 | 27.5 | 60 | 0 | |
| Leroy Kelly | 24 | 582 | 24.3 | 45 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 5 | 75 | 15.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Paul Warfield | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Monte Clark | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 57 | 1323 | 23.2 | 60 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 75 | 1517 | 20.2 | 49 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walter Beach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Benz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Brown | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Brown | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lowell Caylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Costello | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Fichtner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Galen Fiss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Franklin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Gain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Glass | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Hickerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Kanicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Lucci | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Modzelewski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| John Morrow | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Ninowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Parrish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Roberts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Ryan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Scales | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1 | |
| Roger Shoals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul Wiggin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 43 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 0 |
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